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Co-legislators on the European Climate Law reached a provisional agreement on April 21, 2021. This Climate Law is one of the key elements of the European Green Deal, published by the European Commission in December 2019.

On 20 October 2020, the European Parliamentary Assembly adopted, on the basis of three reports, three resolutions on AI from three different perspectives. In this blog, we discuss the report and the resolution on AI and a framework of ethical aspects.

The EU General Court confirms that Qualcomm’s below-cost pricing strategy designed to eliminate competition was predatory. This judgment, the first of its kind in over a decade, provides useful guidance on predatory pricing practices.

The Commission’s fight to avoid paying interest to Deutsche Telekom is over. The ECJ upheld the right of companies to receive interest on unduly collected antitrust fines, carrying a hefty price tag for the Commission.

Stibbe lawyers Marieke Driessen, Loes van Dijk and Ingrid van der Klooster contributed to the book 'Sustainable Finance in Europe' which was recently published.

Following our successful TMT seminar series in 2023, our TMT team is happy to announce five new seminars taking place in 2024. Please find an outline of the seminars in the article below.

The year 2024 has been notable for developments in ESG. Climate cases, impactful new laws and regulations, and geopolitical developments have shaped – or will largely shape – companies' choices. Stibbe has been a key contributor to the Chambers ESG Guide.

The Dutch Ministry of Finance's 2025 Spring Memorandum outlines key tax updates affecting international businesses, including changes to the lucrative interest scheme, new anti-abuse measures, and proposals to boost employee participation.

On 12 June 2025, the Dutch State Secretary of Finance published an update letter addressing certain identified issues and potential solutions in connection with the new definition of the Dutch fund for joint account (fonds voor gemene rekening, or FGR).

Litigation against, for example journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders could effectively silence them. To prevent this, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union recently adopted the anti-SLAPP Directive.

The EU's proposed Green Claims Directive has emerged as a potential new framework aiming to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make greener choices when purchasing a product or using a service. 

The Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Conference took place on 25 June. The take aways on the two main topics Greenwashing vs. Greenbleaching and Climate Litigation can be found in a freely accessible one-pager.

On 23 January 2024, the ACM announced its priorities for 2024. The energy transition, the digital economy and sustainability are still on the ACM’s priority list, but now with better-equipped enforcement methods available.

Recent developments gave rise to write this update: the European Parliament has ratified the Climate Law and confirmed the goal of the European Union on climate neutrality by 2050. 

On 26 January 2023, the ACM announced that its priorities for 2023 would be the energy transition, the digital economy, and sustainability. This agenda is unsurprising in view of the ACM’s recent policy statements and enforcement actions.

The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.

The EFTA Court held that end-use emissions from oil and gas consumption are effects of extraction projects. Guan Schaiko and Sofie Ulrix analyse advisory opinion E-18/24 and the legal obligation to include Scope 3 emissions under the EIA Directive.